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Beth Mullins' Indigo and Alabaster Table Runner features a cool, breezy design. Susan Horton Tech Editor, Handwoven weavingtoday.com An issue of Handwoven called "Everyday Heirlooms" is right up my alley. As any weaver can attest, handwovens are at their best when they are being used, and...

Janet Dawson Christina Garton Editor, Weaving Today weavingtoday.com When I was a new weaver, I didn’t realize that it was supposed to be hard to design your own project. Oddly enough, I credit this to my love of cooking. I learned early on how to tweak recipes to make them my own, and soon after...

Ask Madelyn HAVE A QUESTION? OUR EDITOR HAS THE ANSWER madelynv@interweave.com Hi Madelyn! A friend remarked that I am using the wrong temple for weaving scarves, towels, runners, etc. I prefer the metal temples that allow me to “see” the weft picks while I’m weaving. Is there really...

Susan Horton Tech Editor, Handwoven weavingtoday.com The summer challenge for one of the guilds I belong to is, and I believe always has been to try something new in the fiber arts. As anyone who has been weaving for more than a week can tell you, it is hardly a challenge to find something new in the...

Christina's backyard tapestry inspiration. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Christina Garton Editor, Weaving Today weavingtoday.com I believe that in the past I have often stated my love of portable looms. As soon as the weather gets vaguely spring-like I spend as much time out of doors...

Daryl Lancaster shows weavers how to create wearable garments with ease. Photo by Daryl Lancaster. Deborah Gerish Group Content Manager weavingtoday.com Daryl Lancaster’s bio speaks of “the marriage of her garment construction skills and what came from her loom”: once she began sewing...

One of the best moments of my weaving life was when I designed and successfully wove my first “from scratch” project. I had woven projects from kits as well as from issues of Handwoven . I still weave projects designed by others, but there’s still something incredibly special about...

The Snakeskin Scarf, as seen in the latest issue of Handwoven, features a beautiful 8-shaft twill design inspired by our legless reptilian friends. Christina Garton Editor, Weaving Today weavingtoday.com One of my favorite parts about working for Handwoven is learning about the inspiration behind certain...

A Spring Baby Blanket pattern for the 4-shaft loom. Anita Osterhaug Editor, Handwoven weavingtoday.com I’ve been ready to be a grandmother for years, and I have all the crafty skills to qualify for the job. I can weave and knit and even sew (marginally), and I love doing crafts with kids. My children...

The vibrant and sunny Pure Delight Towels make for a perfect wedding gift to celebrate summer. Christina Garton Editor, Weaving Today weavingtoday.com Though it is still very much spring in much of the Northern Hemisphere, my little bit of Southern New Mexico has been enjoying summer for the past month...

David Wismar's Snakeskin Scarf takes a walk on the wild side. Susan Horton Tech Editor, Handwoven weavingtoday.com I love the expression "Weaver's Handshake". To me, it describes perfectly the impulse many weavers have to reach out and touch the scarf or handwoven clothing of another...

Photo by Daryl Lancaster. Daryl Lancaster Contributor, Weaving Today weavingtoday.com There is an art to constructing clothing, and, like weaving, one can spend years studying how to turn cloth into something that celebrates the body of the wearer. Combining cloth from the loom and the art of garment...

Judy Pagels' sweet capelet We just sent the May/June issue of Handwoven to press. It's full of fabulous article and projects around the theme of texture in weaving: pile, crimp cloth, honeycomb, and amazing visual texture that can come from pattern. (David Wismar's snakeskin-patterned scarf...

Graduate from scarves to shawls and sweaters with the help of Simple Woven Garments ! Sara Goldenberg Contributor, Weaving Today weavingtoday.com I was very excited to come home the other day to find a physical copy of my book, Simple Woven Garments (co-authored with Jane Patrick) on my doorstep. It...

Hi Madelyn! What is the best way of calculating the yardage for weft yarns used in a woven project in overshot? Is there some kind of formula to apply that would give an accurate estimate? For measuring the number of picks per inch, for example, the tabby-weft and the pattern-weft yarns are different...